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Events from History on April 18

1993 : "Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 perfs
1955 : "Ankles Aweigh" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 176 perfs
1994 : "Beauty & the Beast" opens at Palace Theater NYC
1964 : "Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances
1946 : "Call Me Mister" opens at National Theater NYC for 734 performances
1964 : "Foxy" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
1996 : "Funny Thing Happened," opens at St James Theater NYC for 715 perfs
1972 : "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 39 performances
1951 : "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 102 performances
1953 : "Pal Joey" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 542 performances
1979 : "Real People" premieres on NBC TV
1977 : "Side by Side by Sondheim" opens at Music Box NYC for 390 perfs
1942 : "Stars & Stripes" paper for US armed forces starts
1983 : 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43
1968 : 178,000 employees of US Bell Telephone System go on strike
1988 : 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30
1955 : 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed
1934 : 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Ft Worth, Tx)
1968 : 1st ABA basketball championship began
1955 : 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens
1924 : 1st crossword puzzle book published (Simon & Schuster)
1809 : 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England
1853 : 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km)
1950 : 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip
1994 : 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45
1944 : 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cot‚ of Canada in 2:31:50.4
1977 : 6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of Calif in 2:48:33
1923 : 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium
1906 : 8.25 earthquake shakes SF Calif
1977 : 81st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46
1983 : 87th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Mass in 2:09:00
1988 : 92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43
1994 : 98th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:07:15
1983 : A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at US Embassy in Lebanon
1977 : Alex Haley, author of "Roots," awarded Pulitzer Prize
1987 : An unconscious skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air
1994 : Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994
1964 : Artisans strike in Belgium ends
1990 : at child pornography, even in one's home
1907 : Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour," premieres in NYC
1990 : Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines
1988 : Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over"
1862 : Battle of Ft Jackson, Ft St Philip & New Orlean's, LA
1861 : Battle of Harpers Ferry, VA
1864 : Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition)
1993 : Beirut-hostage Terry Anderson marries Madeleine Bassil
1966 : Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)
1990 : Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF
1994 : Brian Lara scores 375 for WI vs England to beat Sobers' record
1906 : Calvinist Reformed Union in Neth Church forms in Utrecht
1982 : Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act
1991 : Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census
1984 : Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1927 : Chiang Kai-Shek forms anti-govt in China
1945 : Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for
1918 : Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play
1861 : Col Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies
1954 : Colonel Nasser seizes power & becomes PM of Egypt
1865 : Confederate Gen Johnson surrendered to Gen Sherman in North Carolina
1991 : Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike
1876 : Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hrs 32 min
1993 : David Lee Roth arrested in NYC for purchasing marijuana for $10
1902 : Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals
1963 : Dr James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant
1951 : Dutch Antilles govt of Da Costa Gomez forms
1968 : Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms
1977 : Eddie Murray hits his 1st HR
1956 : Egypt & Israel agree to a cease fire
1945 : Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken)
1907 : Fairmont Hotel opens
1985 : Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
1994 : Former President Nixon suffered a stroke & dies 4 days later
1797 : France & Austria signs cease fire
1951 : France, West Germany & Benelux form European Steel & Coal Community
1939 : Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey
1971 : Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning v WI after 124 in 1st
1958 : Govt troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia
1956 : Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony)
1938 : Headless Mad Butcher victim found in Cleveland
1934 : Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament
1995 : Houston Post folds after 116 years
1939 : Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government
1948 : International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands
1946 : Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals
1942 : James H Doolittle bombs Tokyo & other Japanese cities
1909 : Joan of Arc declared a saint
1975 : John Lennon releases "Stand by Me"
1899 : John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager
1991 : John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136
1921 : Junior Achievement incorporated in Colorado Springs Colo
1983 : KMO-AM in Tacoma Wash changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO)
1946 : League of Nations dissolves (3 months after UN starts)
1994 : Lebanon drops relations with Iran
1944 : Leonard Bernstein & Jerome Robbins' ballet premieres in NYC
1904 : L'Humanit‚, under Jean JaurŠs begins publishing
1968 : London Bridge is sold to US oil company (to be erected in Arizona)
1979 : Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent
1968 : Mart Crowley's "Boys in the Band," premieres in NYC
1552 : Mauritius of Saksen occupies Linz
1969 : Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund
1987 : Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs Robinson-Pirates)
1945 : months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
1881 : Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens
1922 : Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0
1890 : NY Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton
1663 : Osman declares war on Austria
1929 : Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire
1936 : Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from SF to Honolulu
1521 : Parliament of Worms: Cardinal Alexander questions Maarten Luther
1987 : Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph)
1775 : Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!"
1775 : Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington
1666 : Peace of Kleef: Netherlands & bishop Von Galen of Mnster
1968 : Peter Luke's "Hadrian VII," premieres in London
1921 : Philip James Barry's "Punch for Judy," premieres in NYC
1923 : Poland annexes Central Lithuania
1950 : Polish Catholic church & govt sign accord over relations
1983 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for "Color Purple"
1977 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for "Shadow Box"
1995 : Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football
1983 : Rangers 3-Isles 1-Patrick Div Finals-Series tied at 2-2
1974 : Red Brigade kidnaps Italian attorney general Mario Sossi
1949 : Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth
1926 : Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf Germany
1986 : Robert M Gates, becomes deputy director of CIA
1946 : Rome/Auerbach/Horwitt's musical "Call Me Mister," premieres in NYC
1994 : Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold
1856 : Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns
1950 : Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves
1868 : San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed
1964 : Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches
1978 : Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec 31, 1999
1906 : SF earthquake & fire kills nearly 4,000 & destroys 75% of city
1968 : SF's Old Hall of Justice demolished
1992 : Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)
1977 : Stephen Sondheim's musical "Side by Side" premieres in NYC
1994 : STS-59 (Endeavour) lands [approx]
1676 : Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians
1990 : Supreme Court rules states could make it a crime to possess or look
1992 : Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden
1986 : Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB
1908 : Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1879 : Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins
1987 : US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1946 : US recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia govt
1599 : Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain
1964 : Van Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr Sloane"
1838 : Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails
1835 : William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt
1925 : World's fair opens in Chicago
1980 : Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK
1982 : Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare
1989 : Zimbabwe gains independence

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